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It looks as if the Producers That Be are going to try and cram all eight performances into a single hour -- plus judge commentary, plus Ryan's interviews, plus at least four minutes of Ellen rambling through what used to be some kind of humor before she got ahold of it. In other words, if we're not running overtime, it's because someone got sick. Or shot themselves during Paige's pimping performance, followed by having their body collapse on the feed cut button.

It won't be the longest hour of your life, but if you find yourself longing for the sweet pains of labor, consider changing the channel.

Randy. When the song is too big. Kelly one of the greatest contestants. Paled in comparison. Karaoke. Didn't work for me.

Ellen. I love you took our note. Right song, young. You are young so I didn't feel those words. All those words you weren't feeling. We need to see personality.

Kara. Have a great radio voice. People who really know themselves and peopl who don't. Stumbling trying to figure it out. Sound of your voice is years older than you. You will get it. Singing needed to be perfect and it wasn't.

Simon. Had a lot of advice, taken the advice, chosen a young song. You haven't worked out what kind of artist you want to be. The problem was the second half didn't go and you sucked the energy out of it. 10 out of 10 for trying.

I liked it, even though it's been done pretty much like that a hundred times. Well, she did have a few minor delightful variations from the usual. The performance was a bit more of a whole package than usual for AI, with the lighting changes and the transitions.

She always seems like she is trying to sound like someone else, not really her voice.

Randy. The song was sleepy. It was your best performance in a long time. I forgot you had that break in your voice. Very cool.

Ellen. Best to date. Like it was written for you. Distinctive voice.

Kara. This is why you got here. Different places in your register. Brilliant choice, back on your path.

Simon. I didn't love the song. You sang it well. You are very good you know where the cameras are. Feels like you've been doing it a long time. Haven't heard the right song connection, yet. In danger of being forgotten.

The best performance she's given so far -- but that's out of a weak field. I don't know if she can assemble enough last-minute backing to advance, and she's not picking up the Worsters with that number. Shaky ground.

Ellen. Is that a guitar? I think we are getting to the top 12, not sure if that was the right song to Wow people with. I don't know if that will make people dial. Not enough.

Kara. I didn't feel like you were competing. Just going through the motions. Carol King was always in the zone. Like you weren't really playing. Do you know?

I was trying to be less corny.

Simon. Start with a positive. I like your hair. It was kind of like request on Friday in a Restaurant. Perform it quite well, but on the most important night chose a simple song and didn't do anything with it. Others look like they are trying harder.

As a guitarist, the original by Carol King ranks amongst my favs (yeah, I'm old, see the '69 House of the Rising Sun note above), but I felt like this performance was a pale imitation of it. Nice try, but...

Thank you. That's it. I want to like Katelyn but I don't feel any connection to her. I liked kast week's better. She had some feeling there.

Didi...I liked her earlier but everything is starting to sound the same to me. She has certain stylistic things that she does and she does them in nearly every performance. Too many others sucked tonight so she'll probably make the 12 now. The whole came-through- the-fire thing.

Randy. That is one of my favorite songs. It just didn't work. Way too big for you. Melody so important. Bossa Nova with the band. Like a banquet. Didn't work at all.

Ellen. Supposed to be inspiring. Sad and heavy. You have such a great personality and we didn't see it. you didn't shine. Wrong song to choose.

Kara. They said it. It was all wrong. This was not the night to do that. Did you know.

Paige: It is emotional and I love this song. Hard to sing it, but I love it. Sorry it didn't work.

Simon. Just repeat what everyone said. Arrangement was awful. Holiday Inn 1974. Peanut performance. No one paying attention. So much potential. Have a great voice. No idea who you are. Bad decisions. Could be the end of the road.

Paige totally butchered this song! She sang the song like someone had a gun to her head!!!!! Yeah, I appreciate your love for MICHAEL but you can't sing like Michael! There are soooo many upbeat, good songs she could have chosen to sing. Me thinks Ms. Miles is going home!

Nice, with the right edge for a blues key song. I kind of wondered where she was going to go with it after the first few bars, then she resolved it and moved into it nicely with a good finish. Overpimped for sure, but at least in her case there's some good reason.

The girl leaves the rest in the dust. She's the rose among the weeds tonight. Unless Lily sings like cold oatmeal like the rest of them, she might be the only other person to come close to Crystal in performance tonight.

Beyond that, I can't really judge this one -- I hate that song, so any performance of it has to be incredible just to keep me from hitting the Mute button on general principle. In this case, I just turned away from the remote and twitched.

Did I understand Simon to say she was in the hospital due to Diabetes? If so, it is no wonder she doesn't look too perky. She is young, which means she is probably an Insulin dependent diabetic, which means stress is totally screwing with her. She most likely can't get her blood sugars under control. Once she gets out of the competition, and gets on a regular schedule, she will be better. I like her a lot!

Did watch last night. Not with y'all, but alone with a Subway sandwich and some chips.

Agree pretty much with what's been said. My favorites last night were:

1. Crystal 2&3 Didi and Siobhan

I should quickly add that it's the first-time I've heard Siobhan and really was impressed with her voice and vibe. She is definitely unique and I like the whole father-daughter musician/singer bonding thing going on. Nice.

Didn't like:

1. Paige2. Katie 3. Lilly

I don't know what the heck Paige was thinking. There are fifty million Michael Jackson songs she could have sang if she was insistent on doing one. And why sing something that you're choking up on? Plus her voice was all over the place. She was on key and in tune maybe 10 percent of the time. It's a shame because I never got to hear her belt something out and I think she could.

As to who I think should go home Paige, Lacey or Katelyn. I'm basing those selections on previous performances or what I think their potential would be if they hung around. In other words, what they could potentially bring to the table. While Katie did horribly last night and the week before, she's clearly lost that essence of what she was in the auditions. She was exuberant. Positive. Young. Unconquerable. And she's turned into this nervous, trying-too-hard, shaky singer, but I know what I heard in the auditions and her fooling around in those promos. Lacey on the other hand is just not that strong of a singer. I do think she could be a recording star if given the right material that suited her - like last night. Song fit her like a glove, but just on voice alone - she's not that strong a singer. And Lilly ...

Lilly, Lilly, Lilly - I've loved Lilly since her original audition and last night she did something that just may get her in trouble down the road. She tried to be too cute and too original and too different and too everything. The song was horrible for her. It didn't highlight her voice or anything about her. I don't care what the judges said, at points she sounded downright bad! Crystal makes good choices. Really digs in a song and chews it about. Didi finally got back to what she does well, and Lilly jumps off into Different Land. And they primed her to steal the show. She was the last one to sing for heaven's sake! That meant Crystal came on and rocked it and then ... crash! burn! Instead of her seizing the opportunity and stealing the show - sealing her place in viewer's heart and being comfortable in the place she was meant to shine - she threw it all away.

She better take to heart what Simon keeps calling "moments." Just do not pick a song that does not have one! I wanted to take her that mandolin away from her and make her unpigeon-toe her feet and say that I'm not returning it until after the competition. I'm still rooting for her to do well, but I think the tongue bathing went to her head. She better stop with getting too cutesy and get down to singing.

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